Adaptations of the Metropolitan Landscape in Delta Regions
About this ebook
Richly illustrated in color with detailed diagrams, models, photographs and sketches, the book is written for students, scholars and practitioners of environmental planning, and designers who need to respond to the future form of cities in light of climate change. For the professions shaping the physical world of cities and regions, the challenge is not only one of designing physical geometries but of social consequences.
About the author
Peter C. Bosselmann is a Professor in the Graduate School at the University of California, where he taught at the College of Environmental Design. He held professorships in Architecture, Landscape Architecture and City Planning that spanned four decades. He is a founding member and long-time Co-Chair of the Master of Urban Design Program, and the former Chair of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning. Adaptations of Metropolitan Landscapes in Delta Regions is the third book in a trilogy on urban design research that he began in 1998 with Representations of Places followed in 2008 by Urban Transformations: Understanding City Design and Form.
